From what I remember of the reviews on it, it was actually one of the best performing and quietest cards you could get.

That's not my point. I'm saying that people who owns flagship cards and want to watercool it most likely already have their own watercooling loop. They don't really need any cheap performing closed loop coolers like these.

Mass Effect is suddenly playable and i'm about to give The Witcher 2 a swing with it too.

There's a "Half refresh rate" option under Adaptive V-sync. I think it's supposed to make it remotely possible for people with 120Hz screens to have V-sync. But so far i'm using it with great results on a 60Hz screen in Metro and GTA4.

Really. I hope they bring this to all gpu generations, because this is more than just the usual gimmick.

Damn, why don't these Nvidia-guys just make a mega-graphics GTA-style RP-game with thick-furred yeties and.. shit.

They don't have the capabilities for it. They'd have to hire an entire team pretty much, which would make an already expensive project even more expensive.

I'd love to see a game made specifically for one card (like GTX680). See what the devs can do with optimization on old shitty hardware (consoles). Imagine what could be done if the same was done on a cutting edge setup.

They don't have the capabilities for it. They'd have to hire an entire team pretty much, which would make an already expensive project even more expensive.

I'd love to see a game made specifically for one card (like GTX680). See what the devs can do with optimization on old shitty hardware (consoles). Imagine what could be done if the same was done on a cutting edge setup.

I want to see a game made for 4096x2160 CF/SLI 7970/680 and equivalent other parts for no bottlenecking.

It sounds like Epic is onto something like that but they also said that it was going to be made for the next gen console and the gpu for that one at best would be the 580 or 6970 because I do not think those would want to pay for more than that.

It's a good idea to wait for the first few batches to come and go anyway. That way, MSI, EVGA etc have time to experiment with their own versions of cooling and whatnot. It gives you more options to choose from in the long run.

It's a good idea to wait for the first few batches to come and go anyway. That way, MSI, EVGA etc have time to experiment with their own versions of cooling and whatnot. It gives you more options to choose from in the long run.

Unless you plan on watercooling, in which case, getting reference is a top priority.

Wait... so if I write anything here, it's going to show up under my name?

December 2009
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Asus and MSI tends to follow the reference design the best. I've had bad experiances with eVGA where the layout is the same, but they used non reference parts such as chokes that are taller than the reference ones.